over three of the. depriving the country of. chief david petraeus beyond an extramarital affair the u.s. commander in afghanistan also under investigation over. to the case. and syria's new patchwork opposition to the backing. of the arab league refuses to recognize it as the sole voice of siri.

well news live from moscow this is he with me rule thanks for joining us today three of the world's most recognized brands stop box google and amazon a role in the u.k. for depriving britain of millions of pounds through a tux of void schemes and the tricks of course public outrage and one action group has even come up with an unconventional plan to highlight what's being dubbed the company's immoral tactics let's get more on this i spoke to. these are three companies that dominate the u.k. economy they have billions of pounds worth of turnover but it looks like they pay very little corporation tax to show for it and now m.p.'s are outraged by the fact that through very legal loopholes these companies that they say are acting in an immoral way are managing to dodge millions and billions of pounds worth of tax every single yeah and they want to try and put a stop to it now according to

a friend but french authorities now demanding two hundred fifty two million dollars in back taxes and interest from online retailer amazon we're talking you were talking from step but for now what about i mean the companies we talk about this being called it moral just how did the companies manage to contribute so little or nothing to the treasury well it's all a case of financial trickery rory it's about getting clever accountants that find countries with more favorable tax rates to base a u.k. headquarters and say for example google base themselves in the republic of ireland that's way that that's where they sell their advertising space from starbucks abased in holland and amazon based in luxembourg so they manage to pay very little taxes through channeling their revenue through these countries or you talk about people saying these are immoral to do so i suppose it can in some way or another be

familiar with the idea of offshore accounts for example many people have offshore accounts in the cayman islands and that's as you say the tricky one one of the methods of trickery the companies could be using what parts of public reaction sure surely surely there must be a people the public or even m.p.'s who outspoken about this unfortunately worry for much of the ordinary public here in the u.k. it's just not funny anymore they say that you know austerity measures are taking hold public spending cuts in the public sent really making life difficult for people and we spoke to a few people out on. streets and this is what they told us if we're paying taxes things like. we have to foot the bill for that i guess we're paying tax on coffee as well why should they not pay the tax that we pay to play i guess it's up to someone to close the loopholes really close the still like it's for be tempting since it takes money for things like. we think it's fair but you still my starbucks coffee it's not mine it is this is some activists have already suggested

a plan to highlight what they're calling this a moral behavior so if you have at least one of the companies what exactly has been suggested so far. yes well this. anti cuts group these campaign is against austerity measures here in the u.k. they say that in december they're going to launch a national day of action against starbucks what they're going to do is they're going to occupy the multitude of starbucks coffee houses that we have here in london you walk down the street you see them everywhere and they're going to make them into the homeless shelter they're going to make them into refuges into precious because that they say that starbucks have these immoral tactics and they need to give back to society so they're going to be occupying these coffee houses but indeed it's not just the anti cuts campaign as there's a general feeling among the british public that people want to boycott these new large amount multinational companies because of their immoral schemes in the way

that they do just take from the public and very little back into the u.k. economy which as we know is struggling at the moment and really for people here in the u.k. very difficult to make ends meet at the moment so this is a topic that's rousing a lot of anger from the british public. there i spoke to her just a bit earlier in the program and people's patience are running out elsewhere in europe as well germany's attempt to show support for portugal's austerity drive is met with public anger as crowds protest against calls for that report on that a bit later here when asked. for the fallout from the cia director david petraeus is recognition continues the man who replaced him as u.s. commander in afghanistan that of general john allen he was also embroiled in the scandal. last friday after admitting to an extramarital affair and the pentagon now claims that general allen has been exchanging inappropriate e-mails with jill

kelley the woman whose initial contact with the f.b.i. led to patricia's downfall concerns are also mounting that what first appeared to be a personal matter now has. di put implications including security leaks on the political cover up from washington d.c. correspondent guy nature to. paula broadwell general petraeus is biographer slosh mistress gave a speech last month and in that speech she revealed details about the bin gazi attack that were at that time unknown to the public she gave the speech at the end of october fifth now when everybody knows that she had an affair with a general many are guessing whether those details that she revealed in her speech were part of their pillow talk take a listen i don't know if a lot of you heard this but the c. and extend actually had taken a couple of living militia members prisoner in and they think that the attack on the consulate was an effort to try to get these prisoners back so that it's still being vetted the challenging thing for general to translate is that in his new

position he's not allowed to communicate with the press by the way the cia adamantly denies the allegations that they held prisoners at the consulate in benghazi and nobody at that point heard anything about the cia holding prisoners in benghazi but everybody knew about the access that paula broadwell had to the general because she was his biographer now it turns out that she had an even greater access to the general when general petraeus resigned he cited his own extremely poor judgment and some are wondering whether that poor judgment was just about the affair or it could also be about having shared more with his mistress than just pleasant moments together there's another twist to this story apparently paula broadwell was not the kind to keep things to herself the f.b.i. were investigating her allegedly caressing e-mail sent to another woman who also happens to know general petraeus and as officials here are saying that's how they found out about the affair general petraeus was idolised the public had to go through a similar trauma if you will with the other again and then general who was also

idolized in many ways general stanley mcchrystal he fell from grace and resigned when the rolling stone magazine quoted him saying unflattering things. and the administration and the media here of course have seen all over the tree of scandals when they learned that there was another woman involved it got them spinning all over again with her discussions about the level of to stall story in effect the man's judgment on all kinds of things they savored every detail of this story and one thing that was actually said to watch is that what the agency and i mean the cia is actually doing doesn't get that much coverage things like how they pick the targets for this targeted assassination program things that the public should want to know if it's national security and it's secret but when he comes to the director's bedroom all of a sudden everybody wants to know and the media are there to question every detail of the affair as far as let's say collateral damage from cia drone strikes not as

interested. meanwhile the u.s. congress is also demanding and says they want to know why they were notified of an inquiry into such a hope a high profile figure and michael maloof a former pentagon official says the timing of the revelations on the initial secrecy could be politically motivated at least the attorney general should have been informed he worked after all the f.b.i. works for him they report directly to him and certainly the director of national intelligence should have been informed not on the evening of the election but should have been informed almost immediately when they came across some very incriminating information it's been like experience that when something like this occurs person who is the target is suspended from clearances is told to take thirty days off and while they investigate further and the bosses are informed immediately the fact that this was not occur. this case and it occurred almost

immediately after he became the cia director i think smells of political intrigue and the fact that. this wasn't even reported for months. to the higher levels is in itself a scandal was probably a political decision to protect the president. now a week after the u.s. presidential election and it appears the united states are not that united with texas and nineteen other u.s. states filing petitions and considering secession from the country r.t. dot com that's where we've got to all those details standing by for you. also on our website our watch out of skype uses your private information may be at risk after the company rather than one suspected hacktivist even before getting a court order. are two minutes past the hour moscow time this is r.t. of the arab league has hailed the formation of syria's new rebel coalition but did stop short of recognizing the group as the sole legitimate voice of the syrian

people leaders of syria's exiled opposition beset by mutual suspicion and infighting formed a new block on sunday and now seeking full international backing artie's a middle east correspondent paula sphere takes up the story for us. six the gulf states have formally recognized the new syrian coalition as the official representative of the syrian people and the foreign minister of qatar has said that this recognition will remove obstacles that will ultimately be able to secure arms for syrian rebels the coalition does look set to set up a so-called government in exile if indeed this happens this will have the backing of western as well as arab states there are fears that this could set up a libya style scenario what we saw in libya was opposition fighters setting themselves up as an alternative government that got the backing of the

international community and ultimately led to nato airstrikes and foreign intervention so there are concerns that that might happen here in syria there was also a number question about just how feasible the spa position group is really we're looking at a patchwork of various organizations here it is made up of the rebel fighters as well as dissidents and people from all backgrounds and political affiliations it has been marred by bickering over the past few weeks and months indeed this is an organization that does not have internal unity what is important is that the arab league that is notably one of the most important bodies in the arab world has his attention welcomed this new coalition it does say that it is a primary to negotiate it but it has not gone as far as to say that it is the legitimate representative of the syrian people you can find out a lot more about the potential fallout from the syrian conflict by logging on to our dot com or you'll also find the story of

a syrian actor admired by millions in the arab world but he's pro assad views and made him a target for syrian rebels but as opposition fighters are increasingly accused of killing civilians simply for their allegiance to the government. are back with more news in just a sec hope you can stay with us here on out. catalonia wants to get its independence from the rest of spain locals feel that madrid texas of catalonia economic success is a way putting the region into debt trust me only to have it all taxed away is very aggravating i can see why people are frustrated but the people who want independence have a very odd slogan catalonia a new european state so let me get this straight you want independence but you want

to stay in the e.u. is that what you mean what exactly would that change that's not really gaining independence that shifting dependencies stay in the e.u. means you won't have control of your borders you'll still be on the euro c. won't have your own currency you will be able to establish your trade standards those will be dictated to you by brussels and if you don't like the austerity measures from outsiders like in madrid then you might want have a conversation with the greeks because being an independent country in the e.u. won't save you from people messing with your finances all i'm saying is that being truly independent means answer to no one not madrid not brussels but that's just my opinion.

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russia would be soo much brighter if you knew about someone from phones to oppression so. please friends don't talk t. don't come. thank you for joining us here on r t today on rory sue show the german chancellor angela merkel certainly received a hostile welcome in portugal as hundreds of angry protesters greeted her in lisbon and they blame the chancellor for their country's austerity drive resulting in

painful cuts son further tax rises as artie's sarah firth now reports many wonder why port school is following a path which is yet to reap rewards anywhere else in the year us. these measures have been killing is doing to give us no future it's only for carriage and employment and misery so many people are becoming desperate but it's almost like a visceral reaction a visceral reaction to these measures people of god getting angrier and angrier angela merkel says it supports the goal may have been bent as a sign of support for the scene daily to serve to highlight the. protestors message loud and clear way testers standing off against the royal family become very familiar protest gatherings in europe but perhaps not so familiar the portugal here until recently have been much more tolerant of the strict austerity measures that have been imposed on them but as you can see here portugal's patience

is really running out with record levels of unemployment now at fifteen percent and the country about and tourists third year of recession is becoming apparent that the country persons had hate could be a southern european success story is now struggling to survive we talk about cuts to jobs we talk about the search measures what does it mean to be living through that right now in portugal. i don't see any future for my child we are getting angry because the government don't care. about people put two goals not alone of course the stories of hardship all across the usa in brussels finance ministers are desperately trying to come up with a way to pull greece back from the brink of bankruptcy with athens having just approved yet another round of cuts this is the coolest of the speech the capital

the greek political class like the rest of the year. in a sense i think chris. christie of the you're not you're this side. exert such a power over people that they are prepared to do things which by any rational measure obviously counterproductive in order to preserve the european project the euro in particular they are determined to do everything to keep the single currency in tact even to destroy their own country and we've. done it straight people are questioning just why portugal must follow the same rate say many economists say it's deemed to end in failure. r.t. this. and other indebted to e.u. state that of italy at least twenty people have been injured in fierce clashes over unemployment and violence between police and demonstrators broke out in naples with

more than a thousand people taking to the streets to voice their outrage at rising unemployment the euro zone's third biggest economy has been hit hard by the debt crisis now italian authorities pointing the finger at ratings agencies for sending the economy into chaos prosecutors are seeking trials for a number of officials from standard and poor's and fitch analyst says the firms are often meddling where they simply shouldn't. be funding which is very much public and. therefore it is convenient that they do so. by some kind of. free when you silly. market. crowd.

and as bankers are also taking the flak for europe's economic woes now max keiser and stacy herbert reveal how some into. knowledge were never destined for a career in finance and the full program coming up for you next hour you were not saying this is a banker in spain the bank you know a banker who didn't understand anything a former director of the banking giant whose implosion for spain to seek one hundred billion euro bank bailout has admitted she doesn't know anything about finance and she said in testimony before a criminal court in madrid that she had qualifications and chemistry nothing she didn't know anything about banking so don't say who are. the only industry in the world that rewards you know. and the stupider you are the higher up you were if you were raised in the organization.

into the artsy world all day we go starting with radical muslim cleric abu qatada has been released after winning his appeal against extradition from the u.k. to jordan where he would be facing terrorism charges of a judge up held the plea of the suspected al qaeda operative the lawyers claim that he would not get a fair trial in jordan the home secretary is already criticized the tribunals decision pending a further appeal he will be released on strict bail conditions which could cost to produce taxpayer about five million pounds a year to supervise. his role has carried out fresh air strikes on gaza comes in response to rockets launched by palestinian militants on saturday which injured four israeli soldiers televisa responded with tank fire and shelling killing six palestinians and wounding at least forty palestinian militants who purportedly indicated they were ready for a truce although there's been no response from israel. palestinian authorities have

confirmed they've begun work to open the tomb of late leader yasser arafat reports say the grave is being opened and his body. xoom does part of an investigation into claims his death in two thousand and four was an assassination on monday arafat's mausoleum of the presidential headquarters in the west bank city of ramallah was screened from public view in preparation for the forensic examination of his body. all right also ahead for you here on r t that of breaking the said health and shedding light on why some u.s. states want to part company with the country there's artery.

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twists and turns in the hallmarks of there's something like you want. to do because you've never seen anything like this one so. what's up i'm abby martin so this is an interesting residence in almost two dozen states are now petitioning the white house to secede from the u.s. you heard me right secede one person who filed a petition in texas even side of the abuse of civil rights in the case of the n.b.a. and t.s.a. as his reasoning but i would wager to say that he's a minority these are the states filing first the session more than half of them are southern states does it look familiar well it's good this is a map of the historic felt interestingly enough with the exception of virginia as every single state that was in the confederacy is now on board with this petition

and ironically these are the some of the very same states plagued with institutionalized racism to this very day i can't just help but wonder if this effort is not just about obama's policies because if it were why didn't we see this kind of initiative during the bush administration i mean after all the policies are pretty much still the same look obviously i'm no fan of obama but the most vocal criticisms about him are based on bigotry and races. and unfortunately that's what the media gives the most credence to and frankly i'm sick of it you are too afraid to set. the market we're going to tell her she's going to be like. oh. last wednesday's hazy post-election hangover clue to the news that california's prop thirty seven.